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The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) is

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The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) is a network of different United Nations (UN) agencies that works on issues relating to women and gender equality.[1] UN Women acts as the directing entity of IANWGE.[2] There are 60 members of IANWGE which come from 25 different sections of the UN.[2] IANWGE's role is to both support and monitor the work of the different UN entities on gender mainstreaming and to support the implementation of the agreements from the World Conference on Women, 1995 in Beijing.[3]

History[edit]

The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) was created in 1996.[4]

See also[edit]

  • UN Women

References[edit]

  1. ^ O'Connor, Karen (2010). Gender and Women's Leadership: A Reference Handbook. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications, Inc. p. 307. ISBN 978-1-4522-6635-0.
  2. ^ a b "18th Annual Session of the Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality". UNESCO. 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2020-06-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Kettel 2007, p. 877.
  4. ^ O'Brien, Robert; Williams, Marc (2010). Global Political Economy: Evolution and Dynamics (3rd ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 296. ISBN 978-1-137-28737-3.

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